Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the gained 0.94% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index added 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:), which rose 2.52% or 109.65 points to trade at 4,464.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:) added 2.41% or 45.60 points to end at 1,934.85 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:) was up 2.28% or 76.60 points to 3,441.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.43% or 20.75 points to trade at 1,431.85 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:) declined 1.19% or 107.20 points to end at 8,891.95 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) was down 1.09% or 7.10 points to 643.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.29% to 4,455.00, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.26% to settle at 3,438.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.20% to close at 1,931.90.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.82% to 369.65 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which lost 0.06% to settle at 2,458.10 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was up 0.01% to 999.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1251 to 1198 and 176 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2016 rose and 1769 declined, while 117 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.78% to 14.34.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 2.99 to $2,673.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $68.79 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.23 to trade at $72.54 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 84.69, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 89.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.17.
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